gas oven not hot enough !!

cyprustimes


Joined: 22/10/2010
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 17:52

moved into villa with gas oven ,,great but it doesnt heat up to hot enough temps is there a different regulator i should be using ,,,its not new but not been used much ,,,,!!!!!!

Coachie



Joined: 29/07/2008
Posts: 2135

Message Posted:
07/11/2011 22:51

If you are running on bottled gas I would get a competant gas fitter to check your regulator and check your cooker.Dont mess with it yourself or you could end up with abig bang...

PhilUK


Joined: 31/03/2010
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
08/11/2011 00:10

Msg 1/2

There is no other gas here but bottled.

Have you tried lighting it?

Finding a competent gas engineer here may be difficult.

seriously though, try checking the valve on the bottle is fully open.

And is there gas in the bottle.

back to basics often works



Hope this Helps

andrew4232



Joined: 04/07/2009
Posts: 1543

Message Posted:
08/11/2011 08:25

i was told by someone who use to work for british gas ( i know nothing to do with things here) that bottled gas burns hotter then mains gas so maybe its the regulator that needs changing or just the jets need a good cleaning out or even just a kink in the gas pipe slowing down the flow

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
08/11/2011 15:14

You're lucky to have a gas oven, I'd much prefer it to electricity and yes, as Msg. 4 says

bottled gas heats up quicker and burns hotter than mains gas does.

yrret


Joined: 17/08/2010
Posts: 761

Message Posted:
08/11/2011 16:56

It's all dependent whats in the bottle, take a look at colorific values of methane, ethane, propane and butane. Plus they all need the right amount of oxygen of course.

This is why plumbers use propane for soldering.

Mains gas in the UK tends to me mainly methane, bottled gas in the UK usually c high percenatge of propne or butane, much higher CV.